BOOTABLE. Apparently > Gateway's > instructions are incomplete. Intel provides the tools with its BIOS>updates to > first make a bootable floppy, then to copy the BIOS update files. It is a > two-step process and a pain in the backside with XP......

HPQFlash Utility for Notebooks System BIOS Update" which allows You to do BIOS updates within Windows... Besides that, it's a thing of a few minutes to use a diskette image to create a bootable CD-RW and do the BIOS update with that.... Benjamin Archived...

be appreciated. You might need a bios update. Put in the old processor and update the bios. Thank you for the comment. I did update the bios on the Dell website but unfortunately the most recent update is from 2005 and offered no help. I suppose it's my...

gpu, and sound) has the latest drivers and operating system updates. If you still have a problem, then the issue could be some of the other possibilities mentioned in the previous posts. What a shame... my bios only updates as far as 2005. Maybe I'll have better...

I use the hard drive BIOS>updates all the time, and have never seen a problem (or any sign of >Windows when the BIOS update is in progress.) Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell () I just updated my new-to-me GX260 last night. Runs in Windows, reboots...

or software problem. Please help me with this, Thanks in advance. Check the ASUS website for BIOS updates, I'm fairly sure the VIA800 chipsets have issues with later Radeon cards. It's already updated with the latest release. From 2005 :??: Could you try...

Gateway FX 6800-01e BIOS Update from Gateway Unsupported. I purchased the Gateway FX 6800-01e Core i7 920 with X58 Chipset, Vista 64 Bit OS with a build date of 12/26/09 in February. There is an official Gateway (AMI)BIOS Update for the unit that enables Intel...

the install instructions. The bios update program begins and gets to 75% complete, to the point where it says something like loading bios files. It then stops and I get a message, from within the BIOS update utility, "the update was unsuccessful". The...